Reactor Installations for Nuclear Icebreakers: Origination Experience and Current Status.

Autor: Zverev, D. L., Fadeev, Yu. P., Pakhomov, A. N., Galitskikh, V. Yu., Polunichev, V. I., Veshnyakov, K. B., Kabin, S. V., Turusov, A. Yu.
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Zdroj: Atomic Energy; Jan2021, Vol. 129 Issue 1, p18-26, 9p
Abstrakt: OKBM Afrikantov has been developing power installations for the icebreaker fleet for more than 60 years. The first generation of reactor installations is represented by the OK-150 loop-type installation for the icebreaker Lenin. At the exhaustion of its operating life it was replaced by the second-generation OK-900 installation. The next stage of the origination of reactor installations for civilian ships became the development of KLT-40 and KLT-40M. Currently, owing to the growth of cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route, the nuclear icebreaker fleet must be enlarged. Both operating and new general-purpose nuclear icebreakers are planned for pilotage of freighters. The new reactor installation RITM-22 with improved metrics was developed for general-purpose icebreakers. The reactor installation RITM-400 was developed for Lidertype icebreakers and can be used in the future in other vessels as well as small nuclear power installations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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